The Maasai people did not attribute much significance on education in the past. They belong to the most backward and economically disadvantaged people in Tanzania. The cultural pressure – particularly on women – as well as the conviction that education leads to a loss of culture and a break with traditions are among the main…
THE PLIGHT OF MAASAI EDUCATION The ethnic group of the Maasai has been indifferent towards education and today they consequently belong to one of the most backward and economically most underprivileged sections of the Tanzanian population. The existing cultural conventions among Maasai women and the conviction that culture and traditions tend to derogate through education…
WATER FOR EMBOREET The registered charity supports the initiative of a Maasai family to establish a secondary school in their remote village Emboreet (Simanjiro-Dis-trict, Tanzania) and to strengthen the position of women in Maasai society through women`s projects. Toima and Philomena Kiroya are the only members of their family who attended school and thanks to…
With our first newsletter we want to provide you with some background information on the ECLAT project in Tanzania. upendo was originally founded for the support of this project which we will present in this newsletter. Subsequently we will give account about who we are, about our network in Tanzania and we will explain the…